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Solo Gaming 2024: The End of the Year Edition
I’ve been writing these solo gaming reports since March of 2020… but my solo gaming started a lot farther back than that – being a wargamer in the 1970s/80s meant that a lot of your collection only saw table time if … Continue reading
Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 1)
Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 1) It’s the first drop for the year so let’s lead off with the 2024 stats. The numbers are generally lower due to the chunk of time I spent getting body and mind … Continue reading
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Best New (to me!) Games of 2024
Look, I play a lot of games. In 2024, that included right around 160 new games… well, new to me games. That’s pretty typical – it was approximately 145 in 2023 and 150 in 2022. (I’m privileged and blessed to … Continue reading
Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2024 (Part 9)
I think the implication of a 7 rating changes the longer you’re in the hobby. When I started back in ‘99, I needed to own all the 7’s and I wanted to explore all of them. Now that there … Continue reading
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Opinionated Gamers 2024 Essen SPIEL Quick Takes – Part 2 (14 Nov 2024)
We’ve started a tradition of writing a group document with very short takes on the games that we play. Of course, you’ll not get as much info as in a full review, but as our reviews likely won’t start for … Continue reading
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Trick-Taking Week 2025: Top 10 Greatest Hits
Welcome to Trick-Taking Week 2025, where I’ll be posting trick-taking related content all week. We here at The Opinionated Gamers love trick-taking games, and as I wrote two years ago, many of the writers in this group have contributed to … Continue reading →
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